Issues Installing any Distro on New HD

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Hello all,

I am very new to working in depth with computers and even newer to Linux and am hoping you can help me get over this hump.

I will try and provide as much information as possible.

I replaced a hard drive on a refurb Lenovo M82 and have attempted to install sevreal different linux distros via microsd I flashed using Balena etcher and have had issues. POP OS is indicating there is some sort of hardware issues and I included the error message below along with the other distros I have tried.

Please let me know if there is any other specifics I can provide to help.


Thanks!

Distros:

- Pop os 20.04
- Pop os 20.10
-OpenSuse Leap 15.2
-Manjaro xfce 20.1.2

Error message from the Pop OS installer:


INFO: Starting installation
INFO: obtaining disk information from /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining serial model from /dev/sda
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda1
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda2
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda3
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda4
INFO: obtaining disk information from /dev/sdb
INFO: obtaining serial model from /dev/sdb
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sdb
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sdb2
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sdb3
INFO: obtaining list of physical volumes
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda1" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda2" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda3" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda4" has mount_opt None
INFO: found shrinkable partition on "/dev/sda3": 3889223615 free of 3889223679
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda1" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda2" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda3" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda4" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda1" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda2" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda3" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda4" has mount_opt None
INFO: found erase option on "/dev/sda": 3907029168 sectors
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sdb1" has mount_opt Some(MountInfo { source: "/dev/sdb1", dest: "/cdrom", fstype: "iso9660", options: ["ro", "noatime", "nojoliet", "check=s", "map=n", "blocksize=2048"], dump: 0, pass: 0 })
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sdb2" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sdb3" has mount_opt Some(MountInfo { source: "/dev/sdb3", dest: "/var/log", fstype: "ext4", options: ["rw", "relatime"], dump: 0, pass: 0 })
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sdb1" has mount_opt Some(MountInfo { source: "/dev/sdb1", dest: "/cdrom", fstype: "iso9660", options: ["ro", "noatime", "nojoliet", "check=s", "map=n", "blocksize=2048"], dump: 0, pass: 0 })
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sdb2" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sdb3" has mount_opt Some(MountInfo { source: "/dev/sdb3", dest: "/var/log", fstype: "ext4", options: ["rw", "relatime"], dump: 0, pass: 0 })
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sdb1" has mount_opt Some(MountInfo { source: "/dev/sdb1", dest: "/cdrom", fstype: "iso9660", options: ["ro", "noatime", "nojoliet", "check=s", "map=n", "blocksize=2048"], dump: 0, pass: 0 })
INFO: install options: skipping options on "/dev/sdb"
INFO: obtaining disk information from /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining serial model from /dev/sda
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda1
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda2
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda3
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda4
INFO: obtaining disk information from /dev/sdb
INFO: obtaining serial model from /dev/sdb
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sdb
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sdb2
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sdb3
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda1" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda2" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda3" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda4" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda1" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda2" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda3" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda4" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sdb1" has mount_opt Some(MountInfo { source: "/dev/sdb1", dest: "/cdrom", fstype: "iso9660", options: ["ro", "noatime", "nojoliet", "check=s", "map=n", "blocksize=2048"], dump: 0, pass: 0 })
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sdb2" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sdb3" has mount_opt Some(MountInfo { source: "/dev/sdb3", dest: "/var/log", fstype: "ext4", options: ["rw", "relatime"], dump: 0, pass: 0 })
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sdb1" has mount_opt Some(MountInfo { source: "/dev/sdb1", dest: "/cdrom", fstype: "iso9660", options: ["ro", "noatime", "nojoliet", "check=s", "map=n", "blocksize=2048"], dump: 0, pass: 0 })
INFO: obtaining disk information from /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining serial model from /dev/sda
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda1
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda2
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda3
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda4
INFO: obtaining disk information from /dev/sdb
INFO: obtaining serial model from /dev/sdb
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sdb
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sdb2
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sdb3
INFO: getting device at /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining disk information from /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining serial model from /dev/sda
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda1
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda2
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda3
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda4
ERROR: libdistinst: pointer in FFI is null
ERROR: libdistinst: pointer in FFI is null
ERROR: libdistinst: pointer in FFI is null
INFO: starting initializing step
INFO: Initializing
INFO: config.squashfs: found at /cdrom/casper_pop-os_20.04_amd64_intel_debug_25/filesystem.squashfs
INFO: verifying if keyfiles have paths
INFO: devices to modify: ["/dev/sda2", "/dev/sda3", "/dev/sda4"]
INFO: obtaining list of physical volumes
INFO: volume map: {}
INFO: searching for device maps to deactivate
INFO: pvs: []
INFO: unmounting devices
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda1" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda2" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda3" has mount_opt None
INFO: child_dev "/dev/sda4" has mount_opt None
INFO: unmount all partitions with a target on /dev/sda
INFO: starting partitioning step
INFO: obtaining list of physical volumes
INFO: /dev/sda: Committing changes to disk
INFO: committing changes to /dev/sda: Disk {
model_name: "ATA ST2000DM008-2FR1",
serial: "ST2000DM008-2FR102_ZFL32HE8",
device_path: "/dev/sda",
file_system: None,
mount_point: None,
size: 3907029168,
device_type: "PED_DEVICE_SCSI",
table_type: Some(
Gpt,
),
read_only: false,
mklabel: false,
partitions: [
PartitionInfo {
bitflags: 9,
number: 1,
ordering: 0,
start_sector: 4096,
end_sector: 1023998,
part_type: Primary,
filesystem: Some(
Fat32,
),
flags: [
PED_PARTITION_BOOT,
PED_PARTITION_ESP,
],
name: Some(
"NO NAME",
),
device_path: "/dev/sda1",
mount_point: None,
target: None,
original_vg: None,
volume_group: None,
key_id: None,
identifiers: PartitionIdentifiers {
id: Some(
"ata-ST2000DM008-2FR102_ZFL32HE8-part1",
),
label: None,
part_label: None,
part_uuid: Some(
"bf97c9ef-69d9-4afd-9d40-d7ee42e1b711",
),
path: Some(
"pci-0000:00:1f.2-ata-1-part1",
),
uuid: Some(
"D1FF-128B",
),
},
},
PartitionInfo {
bitflags: 13,
number: 2,
ordering: 1,
start_sector: 1024000,
end_sector: 9412606,
part_type: Primary,
filesystem: Some(
Ext4,
),
flags: [
PED_PARTITION_MSFT_DATA,
],
name: None,
device_path: "/dev/sda2",
mount_point: None,
target: Some(
"/",
),
original_vg: None,
volume_group: None,
key_id: None,
identifiers: PartitionIdentifiers {
id: Some(
"ata-ST2000DM008-2FR102_ZFL32HE8-part2",
),
label: None,
part_label: Some(
"recovery",
),
part_uuid: Some(
"31ef1676-39bd-4ab2-bf09-c0d5e9509b49",
),
path: Some(
"pci-0000:00:1f.2-ata-1-part2",
),
uuid: Some(
"D1FF-2515",
),
},
},
PartitionInfo {
bitflags: 13,
number: 3,
ordering: 2,
start_sector: 9412608,
end_sector: 3898636287,
part_type: Primary,
filesystem: Some(
Fat32,
),
flags: [
PED_PARTITION_ESP,
],
name: None,
device_path: "/dev/sda3",
mount_point: None,
target: Some(
"/boot/efi",
),
original_vg: None,
volume_group: None,
key_id: None,
identifiers: PartitionIdentifiers {
id: Some(
"wwn-0x5000c500c7beb0fb-part3",
),
label: None,
part_label: None,
part_uuid: Some(
"9a50440a-b338-495b-9e2a-840059937fea",
),
path: Some(
"pci-0000:00:1f.2-ata-1-part3",
),
uuid: Some(
"A106-3C68",
),
},
},
PartitionInfo {
bitflags: 29,
number: 4,
ordering: 3,
start_sector: 3898636464,
end_sector: 3907025070,
part_type: Primary,
filesystem: Some(
Swap,
),
flags: [
PED_PARTITION_SWAP,
],
name: None,
device_path: "/dev/sda4",
mount_point: None,
target: None,
original_vg: None,
volume_group: None,
key_id: None,
identifiers: PartitionIdentifiers {
id: Some(
"ata-ST2000DM008-2FR102_ZFL32HE8-part4",
),
label: None,
part_label: None,
part_uuid: Some(
"4961bd54-5d1a-40f7-8994-daa8b8f79a3f",
),
path: Some(
"pci-0000:00:1f.2-ata-1-part4",
),
uuid: Some(
"bbe5c631-4814-41e0-9f94-4ccc0431a8bc",
),
},
},
],
}
INFO: getting device at /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining disk information from /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining serial model from /dev/sda
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda1
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda2
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda3
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda4
INFO: generating diff of disk at /dev/sda
INFO: proposed layout:
1: 4096 - 1023998
2: 1024000 - 9412606
3: 9412608 - 3898636287
4: 3898636464 - 3907025070
INFO: /dev/sda: executing remove operations
INFO: opening device at /dev/sda
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: removing partition at sector 1024000 on /dev/sda
INFO: removing partition at sector 9412608 on /dev/sda
INFO: removing partition at sector 3898636464 on /dev/sda
INFO: attempting to remove partitions from /dev/sda
INFO: committing changes to /dev/sda
INFO: successfully removed partitions from /dev/sda
INFO: syncing device at /dev/sda
INFO: /dev/sda: executing change operations
INFO: opening device at /dev/sda
INFO: syncing device at /dev/sda
INFO: /dev/sda: executing creation operations
INFO: creating partition (PartitionCreate { path: "/dev/sda", start_sector: 1024000, end_sector: 9412606, format: true, file_system: Some(Ext4), kind: Primary, flags: [PED_PARTITION_MSFT_DATA], label: None }) on /dev/sda
INFO: opening device at /dev/sda
INFO: creating new partition with 8388606 sectors: 1024000 - 9412606
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: committing new partition (1024000:9412606) on /dev/sda
INFO: committing changes to /dev/sda
INFO: syncing device at /dev/sda
INFO: getting device at /dev/sda
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: creating partition (PartitionCreate { path: "/dev/sda", start_sector: 9412608, end_sector: 3898636287, format: true, file_system: Some(Fat32), kind: Primary, flags: [PED_PARTITION_ESP], label: None }) on /dev/sda
INFO: opening device at /dev/sda
INFO: creating new partition with 3889223679 sectors: 9412608 - 3898636287
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: committing new partition (9412608:3898636287) on /dev/sda
INFO: committing changes to /dev/sda
INFO: syncing device at /dev/sda
INFO: getting device at /dev/sda
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: creating partition (PartitionCreate { path: "/dev/sda", start_sector: 3898636464, end_sector: 3907025070, format: true, file_system: Some(Swap), kind: Primary, flags: [PED_PARTITION_SWAP], label: None }) on /dev/sda
INFO: opening device at /dev/sda
INFO: creating new partition with 8388606 sectors: 3898636464 - 3907025070
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: committing new partition (3898636464:3907025070) on /dev/sda
INFO: committing changes to /dev/sda
INFO: syncing device at /dev/sda
INFO: getting device at /dev/sda
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: executing blockdev with ["--flushbufs", "--rereadpt", "/dev/sda"]
INFO: executing format operations
INFO: formatting /dev/sda2 with Ext4
INFO: formatting /dev/sda3 with Fat32
INFO: executing mkfs.ext4 with ["-F", "-q", "-E", "lazy_itable_init", "/dev/sda2"]
INFO: executing mkfs.fat with ["-F", "32", "/dev/sda3"]
INFO: formatting /dev/sda4 with Swap
INFO: reloading disk information for /dev/sda
INFO: getting device at /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining disk information from /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining serial model from /dev/sda
INFO: opening disk at /dev/sda
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda1
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda2
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda3
INFO: obtaining partition information from /dev/sda4
INFO: checking for mount target at 1024000
INFO: checking for mount target at 9412608
INFO: executing blockdev with ["--flushbufs", "--rereadpt", "/dev/sda"]
INFO: mounting temporary chroot directory at distinst
INFO: mounting all targets to the temporary chroot
INFO: mounting "/dev/sda2" (ext4) to "/tmp/distinst.yFatLBBZ8YyQ/"
INFO: mounting "/dev/sda3" (vfat) to "/tmp/distinst.yFatLBBZ8YyQ/boot/efi"
INFO: starting extracting step
INFO: Extracting /cdrom/casper_pop-os_20.04_amd64_intel_debug_25/filesystem.squashfs
DEBUG: "unsquashfs" "-f" "-d" "/tmp/distinst.yFatLBBZ8YyQ" "/cdrom/casper_pop-os_20.04_amd64_intel_debug_25/filesystem.squashfs"
ERROR: extracting error: archive extraction failed with status: exit code: 1
ERROR: errored while installing system: archive extraction failed with status: exit code: 1
INFO: Install error: archive extraction failed with status: exit code: 1
 


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Just install via live USB - Rufus USB and Rufus FAQ, and before that make 3 partitions for each distro one partition. Your distros should work. Plus GRUB boatloader.
 
I actually would like any one of them to work. I tried using gparted in live mode to format a partition and still get the error.

I think the key may be the GRUB bootloader. How do I incorporate that into this install?
 
I actually would like any one of them to work. I tried using gparted in live mode to format a partition and still get the error.

I think the key may be the GRUB bootloader. How do I incorporate that into this install?
The installer should install Grub for you to your HDD.

If it doesn't than you would have to manually install Grub from a live USB or DVD.
 

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